Grammar Lesson 36 Vocab: Stoic – Stoics were ancient Greeks who belonged to a movement that taught men to be free from joy, grief, and any kind of passion to gain wisdom. Stoic, an adjective, means indifferent to pleasure and pain. Sybaritic – Sybaris, an ancient Greek city in Italy, known for wealth and hedonism. Sybaritic means extravagant and sensual.

Diagramming Predicate Nominatives Predicate nominative is a noun that follows the verb. Predicate nominative renames the subject person, animal, or thing. Reversing the order of the subject and predicate nominative won’t change the meaning of the sentence. A predicate nominative is joined to the subject by a linking verb such as: Is, am, are, was, were, be, being, been, become, seem

Predicate Nominative To find the predicate nominative: Replace verb with a “to be” verb Flip the sentence See board for diagramming

Grammar Lesson 37 Vocab Felicitous – appropriate or fitting Fortuitous – happening or produced by chance, accidental, lucky

Noun Case Three types of noun case Nominative – when a noun is the subject or used as a predicate nominative Possessive – nouns that show possession or ownership Objective – nouns used as direct objects, indirect objects, or objects of prepositions

Grammar Lesson 38 Vocab Ven- and vent- -- Latin roots that come from venire meaning come Advent – coming or arrival Intervene – come between or mediate between two opposing groups

Diagramming Predicate Adjectives Predicate nominative renames the subject Predicate adjective describes the subject Predicate adjective follows a linking verb and describes the subject Predicate adjectives can be compound See board for diagramming